Process of filet-crocheting.



A. P. KELLER.

PROCESS OF FILET CROCHETING.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26. 1917.

266,951. Patented May 21, 1918.

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AUDIRIEE PAULENE KELLER, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

PROCESS OF FILET-CROCHETI'NG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 21, 1918,

. Application filed March 26, 1917. Serial No. 157,337.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AUDREE PAULENE KELLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Processes of Filet-Crochet-v ing, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a process of filet crocheting, and has for its object to provide a method of filet crocheting, whereby crochet work of the kind is produced in a plurality of colors, wherein one thread is used for forming the open mesh back ground and another thread or threads are individually used for forming the filled in meshes composing the figure design of the work, and wherein the several threads are unbroken and when used severally constitute the body of the meshes, and whereby the work is of the same appearanceand construction on both sides with continuous. unbroken threads and stitches.

I accomplish these objects by the process and combination of threads, as hereinafter described and illustrated in the drawings, in which Figure 1 illustrates the position and method of holding the design thread while being covered in by the base thread orvice versa, and

Fig. 2 illustrates the method of dropping a design thread.

In the drawings 1 designates the work, and 2 and 3 respectively designate the base thread and the colored design thread of which the open meshes of the base of the work and the closed meshes of the design of the work are respectively formed.

The principle involved in my process of filet crocheting in its simplest form is to form by the ordinary and well known open stitch of the thread desired for the base of the work, the open square meshes in rows across one end of the work until a row is reached in which is included any part, however small, that is the nearest portion to that end of the work, of the design that is to be embodied in the work in filet meshes. When near this point in the formation of the base designated as the design thread 3) is drawn through the same mesh in an opposite direction to the first loop, and the two loops are tied together in a fiat knot.

Holding the loops together with the design thread 3 along the edge of the work in the position of the thread 3 as shown in Fig. 1, the base thread 2 is used to form open meshes alternately over and under the design thread and its loops, whereby the meshes are made to entirely cover the design thread until the point is reached in the row being formed where the design begins. The base thread and the design thread are then re versed in their positions shown in Fig. l, and after making a couple of stitches with the design thread to lock the design thread to the last open base mesh, filet meshes are formed with thread 3 alternately over and under the base thread 2 held taut forward along the edge or" the last complete row of the work, whereby the base thread is entirely covered and concealed until an interval in the design occurs. The threads are then again reversed in position, as shown in Fig. 1 and the base thread is used to form open meshes covering the design. thread across said interval. When the open meshes formed of the base thread for the interval. are completed the base thread is secured by tying stitches and again carried forward along the edge of the work and held in position as shown in 1 while the design thread is used to form filet meshes under and over the base thread as before described. In like manner the intervals of design and base are completed until the outer limit of the design in the row is reached. The positions of the threads are again reversed and the design thread is covered in by the base thread up to a point opposite the beginning of the design in the next succeeding row. The design thread is then drawn back between the thumb and forefinger of the right hand, as shown in Fig. 2, and after the tying stitches of the base thread are formed the design thread is dropped and the row is completed with the base thread alone.

Uponcompletion of the row the work is reversed in position and the base thread is used for the formation of the open meshes of a new row until a point is reached opposite where the design thread was dropped in the formation of the next preceding row. After forming tying stitches with the design thread it is used in alternation with the base thread for forming the design and base portion of the Work of the roW in.like manpleted, when the design thread is finally dropped out at the limit of the design ork andthe remaining rows are completed with the design thread alone.

quirements of the design. At all-place s of intermission the design thread is tied. with stitches and then drawn forward and .cov-

'ered by under and oven stitches ofjthe base thread formedinto open meshes,"'.and,1s

finally dropped out of the row, when the ,de-

sign 1s no longer included as part of 'it, the' row being completed with open meshes formed of the base thread.

While the designthread is for the most part Workedinto closed meshes, open meslies are formed "of the design thread Whereyer they form a part, of the design. Wherever they occur, the base thread'drawntaut for Ward is covered by the stitches of the"dethread in forming the open meshes, in'like manner as the open ineshesof the base thread are formed around the ldesign thread as hereinbefore described; It is manifest that ithout departing from the principle of the simple form of my process ,hereinbefo're described the, design may be formed of a plurality of different colored threads which maybe introduced or taken up and usedas they occur in the design and carried forward either s ngly or in groups Withother design threadsor' dropped, as the deslgn requires, wherever they do not again occur in the row being formed, and Iftherefore incarrying out my process do not llmitomyself to any number ofdifferent colored design threads, except onl as the design is so limited.

rochet ork produced by my process, as

herein described, has the same appearance I Whilethe design thread Ior threads are preferably severally first introduced in v the f' ork at or near the points vvhere they respectively'first, occur in the; design, it isv manifestthat they may respectively be ing i troduced at the beginning of anyrow in they vresp'el'zctively firstv occur, and "fr m such point, being drawnflforward along the lastr'ow of thework' completed, be cov- ,ered in by the base thread asjthe, open Qmeshes [of the new row are formed, or by w 1' mat s de i n- F r d we t eat row and dropped out in the formation and development of the design until the point is reached Where. theluse of the newly introduced design thread is required, and from such point he then used for the formation of the meshes, instead of the base or design a thread previously used in the formation of the m,eshesof the roW, Which are in turn It Will thus be seen that the base thread is continuous from sideto sideof thepvork in each row andthe design'thread is 'takenup at the pointin each new row. at which it is left in the last completed 'roW, and, u s ed continuouslyor intermittently in the forma tio'n of closedlineshes, accordingtolthe refl dravvn'forvvar'd With the base thread and covered, or dropped, aceording to the, re-

quirements ofthe desiginas hereinbefore described. I therefore do. not limit myselfto the first introductionleof.any ,design thread to, the point Where it first occur's in ,de-

.prising the use of a basethread. of one, tint for. forming the. ground Work, and the use, of a designthreadpf a differentcolor forthe .design work, and ayherein the basetliread is continuousv throughoutthe Whole, w re and the des gn thread ls continuous throughout the area inclilded Within the; outer limits of the design and covers :the, base thread stretched forward along the. worn; where I the design .appears,a nfd is stretched forward a nd covered in'byithebase thread in;,tl1e ground Work Where, itiappearsflwithin the v area included ivithhrtheouter limits of, the sign thread looped over andfunder the b'ase design Work, the design thread and; the base ,thread respectively, being severally secured "by tying stitches before being. stretched forthem," the base and; ,design threads, Within the,outer. limits .ofth'design work, being manipulated; simultaneous.

2 The process of filet crocheting, comprising the use of'a'base thread of one tint for, forming. the ground vWork, and the use of a design threadof a difi'erent eolor for the design Work, and Wher inthe base thread is continuous? throughout the avhole work, and'the design thread is continuous throughout the. area included. within the outer limits of the design and covers. the base thread stretched forward along.. the Work; Where thedesignappears, and is stretched forward and covered. ,in gby, the. bas'eat-hread' in the Qgroundjwork, where it appears within the I e s area includedwithin thefouter,limitsoofgithe on both sides, Whichare alike free fromfproj, .truding ends or knots or threads.

design work, the design thread and the base thre r ti y; ng .sY f'a ii-lls ur by" tying. stitches before being stretched forward l a d s ve d. .13 Mesh s" f r ed. y

meshes at, the b eginni ngof thefdesig n in the forn ation ofd'a." rovv being'lformed, and dropped out thereof atlthe point where the design first appears in the neizt succeeding row, the base and design threads, vvithin the outer lHIIIlZS Of the design ork, being nnalnipulated simultaneously. 7

T e PF9$ of fi -P ossin enre ing the forming of a background of open meshes with a single continuous thread of a desired tint, and forming a design therein with another thread of a different color, by using the background thread for forming the open meshes of the background to the point of the beginning of the design, then introducing and tying into the meshes of the background the design thread, and thereafter forming each row of tne work by holding the background thread stretched forward along the next preceding row and forming filet meshes around and covering the background thread in the intervals where the design occurs in the row, and forming the open meshes of the background with the background thread in the intervals where the background occurs therein, with the design thread stretched forward along the preceding row, and covering it with the open meshes of the background thread, the design thread being secured by tying stitches at a point opposite the outer limit of the design of the next succeeding row, and dropped, and the remaining part of the row and the end portion of the next succeeding row to the point of dropping the design thread bein formed with the background thread, and

in like manner as described forming the de sign portions of each row with the design thread by covering in the background thread, and the background portions of each row within the end limits of the design with the background thread covering the design thread, substantially as set forth, the base and design threads, within the outer limits of the design work, being manipulated simultaneously.

4-. As a new article of manufacture, a crocheted fabric body having a background portion formed of a thread of one color and a design portion formed of a thread of another color, and wherein the background thread is continuous throughout the entire area of the crocheted body, and is covered in by the design thread and invisible in the area where the design appears, and the design thread is continuous throughout the portion of the area of the crocheted body that is included within the outer limits of the design, and is covered in by the background thread and invisible wherever any portions of the background of the body appear within the outer limits of the design.

5. As a new article of manufacture, a crocheted fabric body having a background portion formed of a thread of one color and a design portion formed of a plurality of threads, each of a different color from the others, and from the background thread, and wherein the background thread is continuous throughout the entire area of the crocheted body and is covered in by a design thread and invisible in the area where the design apears, and the design threads are severally and individually continuous throughout the portion of the area of the crocheted body that is included within the outer limits of the design, after their first and last appearance therein, and are covered in by the background thread and invisible wherever any portion of the background portion of the body appears within the outer limits of the design, and severally within the limits of their first and last appearance in the design.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Toledo, Ohio, this 21st day of March, 1917.

AUDREE PAULENE KELLER.

In the presence of ALBERT T. GooRLEY, RICHARD D. WATSON.

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